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Paper one overview. Explorations in creative reading and writing Section A: Reading (40 marks) One literature fiction text 4 questions (1 short, 2 medium, 1 essay style) Section B: Writing (40 marks) Descriptive or narrative writing 80 Marks overall 50% of English Language GCSE

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Paper one overview

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  1. Paper one overview Explorations in creative reading and writing Section A: Reading (40 marks) • One literature fiction text • 4 questions (1 short, 2 medium, 1 essay style) Section B: Writing (40 marks) • Descriptive or narrative writing • 80 Marks overall • 50% of English Language GCSE • 1 hour 45 minutes How much time should you spend on each section?

  2. Section B- 45 mins, choice of 2 questions Question 1: You will have the option of 2 questions in this section. One to DESCRIBE and the other to tell a NARRATIVE. What you will be marked on: Your content and organisation (choosing the right register, meeting the purpose, vocabulary etc…) and SPAG Tip: Remember, either question will require you to use certain techniques!

  3. What must you consider when writing a story? Make a list in your book.

  4. Now practise a question EITHER Write a description suggested by a picture. OR Write a story where the main character is alone. 40 mark question

  5. Story structure- the basic formula Think of a favourite novel or film- does it fit the structure?

  6. What language techniques can you use when writing a short story? Make a list in your book.

  7. Writing an engaging opening- what can you do?

  8. Famous first lines- why are they effective? • A screaming comes across the sky. —Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow (1973) • Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. —Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina (1877; trans. Constance Garnett) • It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. —George Orwell, 1984 (1949) • It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair. —Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities (1859) • I am an invisible man. —Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man (1952) • All this happened, more or less. —Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five(1969) • They shoot the white girl first. —Toni Morrison, Paradise (1998) • For a long time, I went to bed early. —Marcel Proust, Swann's Way(1913; trans. Lydia Davis)

  9. 500 word story- why is it effective? • http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2B4xpbh0z1nLdVyXPJCwrhJ/the-starlings-of-west-pier

  10. Analysing Answer the analysis questions opposite the text.

  11. Paper one overview Explorations in creative reading and writing Section A: Reading (40 marks) • One literature fiction text • 4 questions (1 short, 2 medium, 1 essay style) Section B: Writing (40 marks) • Descriptive or narrative writing • 80 Marks overall • 50% of English Language GCSE • 1 hour 45 minutes How much time should you spend on each section?

  12. Let’s have a look at the mark scheme and give the example a mark.

  13. So the candidate is awarded 20 marks Content and organisation • 19-24 Marks: Register is convincing, undoubtedly matched to purpose, ambitious vocabulary, varied structural features, complex ideas. • 13- 18 Marks: Register and purpose match task clearly, sophisticated vocabulary, effective structural features, engaging connected ideas. • 7-12 Marks: Some attempt to match register and purpose to task, conscious use of vocabulary, some structural features, paragraphing. • 1-6 Marks: simple awareness of register and audience, simple vocabulary, evidence of structural features, random paragraph structure. • 0 Marks: no comment on language

  14. So the candidate is awarded 13 marks SPAG • 13-16 Marks: Sentence demarcation is consistently accurate, wide range of punctuation and vocabulary, high level of accuracy in spelling, range of sentence form for effect. • 9-12 Marks: Sentence demarcation is mostly accurate, generally accurate spelling, range of punctuation, variety of sentence forms for effect. • 5-8 Marks: Sentence demarcation is sometimes accurate, varied vocabulary, range of punctuation with some control, some complex words accurately spelt. • 1-4 Marks: Occasional use of sentence demarcation, some conscious punctuation, accurate basic spelling. • 0 Marks: SPAG is poor and inhibits meaning

  15. TIPS! Planning • Do not simply describe the photo; that is not a story and will not be interesting. • Limit the plot to what you can deal with in the 45 minutes available. • Do not change the scene too often or introduce too many characters. Successful stories can often be produced from ordinary experiences told from a different angle. • Do plan your story before you start. Make notes on the characters and the setting Work out a chain of events that will lead up to a satisfying conclusion.

  16. TIPS! Writing • Every word should count. Descriptions should be kept short, characters revealed through what they do and say and atmosphere created through a few significant details. • Dialogue: slows the action down and confuses the reader. DO NOT use dialogue unless it really advances the action and only do so if your punctuation is absolutely reliable.

  17. Now practise a question EITHER Write a description suggested by a picture. OR Write a story where the main character is alone. 40 mark question

  18. Self Assessing

  19. Assessing Content and organisation • 19-24 Marks: Register is convincing, undoubtedly matched to purpose, ambitious vocabulary, varied structural features, complex ideas. • 13- 18 Marks: Register and purpose match task clearly, sophisticated vocabulary, effective structural features, engaging connected ideas. • 7-12 Marks: Some attempt to match register and purpose to task, conscious use of vocabulary, some structural features, paragraphing. • 1-6 Marks: simple awareness of register and audience, simple vocabulary, evidence of structural features, random paragraph structure. • 0 Marks: no comment on language

  20. Assessing SPAG • 13-16 Marks: Sentence demarcation is consistently accurate, wide range of punctuation and vocabulary, high level of accuracy in spelling, range of sentence form for effect. • 9-12 Marks: Sentence demarcation is mostly accurate, generally accurate spelling, range of punctuation, variety of sentence forms for effect. • 5-8 Marks: Sentence demarcation is sometimes accurate, varied vocabulary, range of punctuation with some control, some complex words accurately spelt. • 1-4 Marks: Occasional use of sentence demarcation, some conscious punctuation, accurate basic spelling. • 0 Marks: SPAG is poor and inhibits meaning

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